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Do you happen to have any articles or data to back up that claim? I don't disagree, but I'd love to see the rate changes over time.

by vegasje 10y ago

chongli 10y ago
I can't speak for the US, but here in Canada prices have gone through the roof. When the iPhone first came out you could get a 6GB plan for $55/month with Rogers. Now for 5GB you're looking at $105/month, bring your own device.
- Mister_Snuggles 10y ago
  It depends on where you live. In Saskatchewan, for example, there is a public sector telco (Sasktel) that provides the same services that the big three national telcos (Rogers, Bell, Telus) provide. As a result, the prices in Saskatchewan are significantly cheaper than in neighbouring Alberta (where there are only the big three). It's very eye-opening to go to the Rogers site and flip between AB and SK to see how the prices change. I'm deliberately excluding the smaller players like Wind because they don't provide the same service, the smaller players lack the geographical coverage that the big three have.
  - nneonneo 10y ago
    I'm from Saskatchewan, and I can say that Sasktel is quite a good ISP and telco. Despite the relatively small, sparse population of SK, the prices are quite low, and I think Sasktel is the major reason for competitive pricing. As a direct example of the Rogers pricing difference, the 10 GB "share everything" plan (unlimited talk/text) costs $65/mo in SK but over twice that, $135/mo in AB!
    - tonyarkles 10y ago
      Awesome to see so many Saskatchewan folks here! For comparison-sake, I'm on the 13GB Sasktel plan, and tax-in my bill comes to $102.
- grecy 10y ago
  I'm Canadian, currently in Morocco. $10 (USD) for 10GB here, fast 3G basically everywhere. It's blowing my mind compared to the costs back in Canada
- stormbrew 10y ago
  Are you including voice in that? I'm still on the original promo plan (gotten when I didn't even have an iPhone, since it didn't do tethering yet and my Moto RAZR2 did), and it's $30/mo for the data alone.
FireBeyond 10y ago
- https://brooksreview.net/2010/06/att-caps-phone-data-usage-with-new-wireless-plans-seattle-times-newspaper/ https://brooksreview.net/2010/06/att-caps-phone-data-usage-w... - http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-att-wireless-plan-caps-phone-data-usage/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-att-wireless-plan-caps-phone... 2GB for $25/mo with AT&T, $10/GB overage. Now? - https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html $30/mo for 2GB, with $15/GB overage. From my original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9110720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9110720 Data prices do seem to have gotten better: http://about.att.com/story/att_offers_its_best_ever_pricing_for_individual_and_two_line_accounts_on_nations_most_reliable_4g_lte_network.html http://about.att.com/story/att_offers_its_best_ever_pricing_... where they reduced the plan from $80 to $65 for voice+2GB data. Indeed, last year to go from 2GB to 5GB cost $20, and now costs $25. - http://www.att.com/att/planner/ http://www.att.com/att/planner/ From the CBS article, "With that plan and voice service, a smart phone could cost as little as $55 per month before taxes and add-on fees, down from $70 per month." According to AT&T's planner, that means in SIX YEARS, costs haven't changed at all, overall.

Do you happen to have any articles or data to back up that claim? I don't disagree, but I'd love to see the rate changes over time.

by vegasje 10y ago

Do you happen to have any articles or data to back up that claim? I don't disagree, but I'd love to see the rate changes over time.

chongli 10y ago

I can't speak for the US, but here in Canada prices have gone through the roof. When the iPhone first came out you could get a 6GB plan for $55/month with Rogers. Now for 5GB you're looking at $105/month, bring your own device.

Mister_Snuggles 10y ago
It depends on where you live. In Saskatchewan, for example, there is a public sector telco (Sasktel) that provides the same services that the big three national telcos (Rogers, Bell, Telus) provide. As a result, the prices in Saskatchewan are significantly cheaper than in neighbouring Alberta (where there are only the big three). It's very eye-opening to go to the Rogers site and flip between AB and SK to see how the prices change. I'm deliberately excluding the smaller players like Wind because they don't provide the same service, the smaller players lack the geographical coverage that the big three have.
- nneonneo 10y ago
  I'm from Saskatchewan, and I can say that Sasktel is quite a good ISP and telco. Despite the relatively small, sparse population of SK, the prices are quite low, and I think Sasktel is the major reason for competitive pricing. As a direct example of the Rogers pricing difference, the 10 GB "share everything" plan (unlimited talk/text) costs $65/mo in SK but over twice that, $135/mo in AB!
  - tonyarkles 10y ago
    Awesome to see so many Saskatchewan folks here! For comparison-sake, I'm on the 13GB Sasktel plan, and tax-in my bill comes to $102.
grecy 10y ago
I'm Canadian, currently in Morocco. $10 (USD) for 10GB here, fast 3G basically everywhere. It's blowing my mind compared to the costs back in Canada
stormbrew 10y ago
Are you including voice in that? I'm still on the original promo plan (gotten when I didn't even have an iPhone, since it didn't do tethering yet and my Moto RAZR2 did), and it's $30/mo for the data alone.

FireBeyond 10y ago

- https://brooksreview.net/2010/06/att-caps-phone-data-usage-with-new-wireless-plans-seattle-times-newspaper/ https://brooksreview.net/2010/06/att-caps-phone-data-usage-w... - http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-att-wireless-plan-caps-phone-data-usage/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-att-wireless-plan-caps-phone... 2GB for $25/mo with AT&T, $10/GB overage. Now? - https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html $30/mo for 2GB, with $15/GB overage. From my original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9110720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9110720 Data prices do seem to have gotten better: http://about.att.com/story/att_offers_its_best_ever_pricing_for_individual_and_two_line_accounts_on_nations_most_reliable_4g_lte_network.html http://about.att.com/story/att_offers_its_best_ever_pricing_... where they reduced the plan from $80 to $65 for voice+2GB data. Indeed, last year to go from 2GB to 5GB cost $20, and now costs $25. - http://www.att.com/att/planner/ http://www.att.com/att/planner/ From the CBS article, "With that plan and voice service, a smart phone could cost as little as $55 per month before taxes and add-on fees, down from $70 per month." According to AT&T's planner, that means in SIX YEARS, costs haven't changed at all, overall.